Edimax Technology NS-1500n User Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Product Information…………………………………………………………………...5

1-1 Product Introduction……………………………………………………………………...5 1-2 Features…………………………………………………………………………………...5 1-3 Package Contents………………………………………………………………………..5 1-4 System Requirements……………………………………………………………………5

Chapter 2 Familiar with the NS-1500n…………………………………………………………...7

2-1 Back Panel………………………………………………………………………………..7 2-2 Front Panel………………………………………………………………………………..8

2-3 LED……………………………………………………...…………………………………9 Chapter 3 Device Installation……………………………………………………………………10 Chapter 4 Status………………………………………………………………………………….14

4-1 Status…………………………………………………………………………………….14

4-2 Log………………………………………………………………………………………..16

4-3 Notification……………………………………………………………………………….17 Chapter 5 Quick Setup…………………………………………………………………………...19

5-1 Build Disk (Partition & Format)………………………………………………………...19

5-2 Password………………………………………………………………………………...22

5-3 Network…………………………………………………………………………………..22

5-4 Storage Server Name…………………………………………………………………..23

5-5 Turn on Functions………………………………………………………………………24

5-6 Time Zone……………………………………………………………………………….25

5-7 Confirm Settings………………………………………………………………………...25

5-8 Apply Settings…………………………………………………………………………...26

5-9 Shared Folders Automatically Created by Quick Setup…………………………….28 Chapter 6 Basic…………………………………………………………………………………...29

6-1 Time Zone……………………………………………………………………………….29

6-2 Password………………………………………………………………………………...30 Chapter 7 Network………………………………………………………………………………..31

7-1 LAN……………………………………………………………………………………….31

7-2 WLAN…………………………………………………………………………………….33

7-3 Site Survey………………………………………………………………………………35

7-4 Security – WEP………………………………………………………………………….36

7-5 Security – WPA Pre-Shared Key……………………………………………………...37

7-6 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)………………………………………………………….38 Chapter 8 File/FTP Server……………………………………………………………………….40

8-1 Users……………………………………………………………………………………..40

8-2 Add a New User…………………………………………………………………………41

8-3 Groups……………………………………………………………………………………42

8-4 Add a New Group……………………………………………………………………….43

8-5 Server Settings………………………………………………………………………….44

8-6 Shared Folders………………………………………………………………………….46

8-7 Add/Edit Shared Folder………………………………………………………………...47

8-8 Browse Dialog………………………………………………………………………......49

8-9 Easy Send……………………………………………………………………………….51 Chapter 9 BT Download………………………………………………………………………….52

9-1 Add BT Torrent………………………………………………………………………….54

9-2 Advanced Setting……………………………………………………………………….56 Chapter 10 Web/FTP Download………………………………………………………………...57 Chapter 11 Download Manager…………………………………………………………………59

11-1 Start Download Manager……………………………………………………………..59

11-2 Search for Storage Server……………………………………………………………59

11-3 Login Storage Server………………………………………………………………….60

11-4 Manage Download Items……………………………………………………………..61

11-5 Add a Download Item…………………………………………………………………63

11-6 Main Menu……………………………………………………………………………..66

11-7 Tray Icon………………………………………………………………………………..67 Chapter12 iTunes Server………...………………………………………………………………68 Chapter 13 Media Server………………………………………………………………………...71 Chapter 14 Surveillance………………………………………………………………………….72

14-1 Add/Edit IP Camera…………………………………………………………………...73

14-2 Search Local IP Cameras…………………………………………………………….73

14-3 Basic Information of IP Camera…...…………………………………………………74

14-4 Video Information of IP Camera……………………………………………………..75

14-5 Recording Settings…………………………………………………………………….76

14-6 Schedule Settings……………………………………………………………………..77 Chapter 15 Tools………………………………………………………………………………….78

15-1 Storage Tools………………………………………………………………………….78

15-2 Check & Fix Disk………………………………………………………………………80

15-3 Auto Partition & Format……………………………………………………………….82

15-4 Add a Partition…………………………………………………………………………83

15-5 Storage Status…………………………………………………………………………84

15-6 Configuration Tools……………………………………………………………………85

15-7 Firmware Upgrade…………………………………………………………………….86

15-8 Reset……………………………………………………………………………………87

Chapter 16 Storage Server Management Wizard……………………………………….........88

16-1 Login the Storage Server……………………………………………………………..88

16-2 Quick Setup…………………………………………………………………………….90

16-3 Extension Functions…………………………………………………………………..90

16-4 Install Extension Function…………………………………………………………….90

16-5 Remove Extension Function…………………………………………………………94

16-6 Upgrade Firmware…………………………………………………………………….96 Chapter 17 NetDisk Explorer…………………………………………………………………99

17-1 Login the Storage Server……………………………………………………………99

17-2 Use the file server……………………………………………………………………101

17-3 Setup NetDisk Explorer……………………………………………………………..103

17-4 Use tools of NetDisk Explorer………………………………………………………104

17-5 Logout the Storage Server………………………………………………………….104

17-6 Exit the NetDisk Explorer……………………………………………………………104

17-7 Easy Send…………………………………………………………………………….105

17-8 Easy Send History…………………………………………………………………...107

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Chapter 1 Product Information

1-1 Product Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. This Compact Storage Server lets you easily share your files in your network. Simply plug your external hard disk to the Compact Storage Server, connect the LAN port to your network, and do some basic settings, and you're ready to share files. This Compact Storage Server provides a total solution for the Small and Medium-sized Business (SMB) and the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) markets, giving you an instant way to share and manage your files through network.

1-2 Features

 Built-in FTP and Samba server  Provides USB mass storage sharing function  Share files via FTP or Network Neighborhood  Supports FTP/ HTTP download agent  Supports P2P (BitTorrent) download  Supports UPnP/DLNA Media Server, iTunes Server  Supports Web Configuration  Firmware Upgradable  Supports Workgroup setup  Supports User Account management  Supports Samba, FTP share permission management  Supports HDD partition tool

1-3 Package Contents

 One Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server  One Quick Installation Guide  One Power Adapter  One Antenna  One UTP cable  One CDROM (Utility, Multi-language QIG & Manual)

1-4 System Requirements

 CPU: Intel Pentium III 750MHz above or Intel Celeron I GHz above  OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7  Browser: IE 6.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 7.2 or above, Firefox 2.0.0.3 or above  External USB Storage:  Flash drive x 1  Maximum 3.5” USB HDD x 1 (Capacity: up to 2TB)

Performance Notes:

We've packed a lot of neat functionality into a small, affordable package with this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. Here are some notes regarding the performance of your device.

- For the best disk performance, please follow the wizard to format your disk into either

FAT32 or EXT2 file system.

- Limit the number of simultaneous movie or music streams being served by the

Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server.

- Scanning your USB drives for music will slow down the Wireless 11n Compact Storage

Server. You'll get better performance when music scanning is turned off or after a scan is finished.

- Too much network traffic or wireless network interference can slow down file transfers

and media streaming.

Antenna SMA Connector

Release/Reset to default Button LAN Port

Power Jack

Chapter 2 Familiar with the NS-1500n

2-1 Back Panel

1) LAN Port

You should connect the LAN port of the NS-1500n to your hub/switch, or one LAN port of your router etc.

2) Power Jack

Plug the power adapter of the NS-1500n.

3) Release/R.T.D Button

Press this button release it immediately, the system will release the external USB hard disk attached to the storage server. After the Storage LED turns off, you can unplug the attached USB hard disk safely. Press this button for more than 5 seconds until the Storage LED starts to flash, the system will restore the factory default settings for the storage server and restart it.

4) Antenna SMA Connector

Attach the antenna of the NS-1500n to get good wireless signal.

USB Port

2-2 Front Panel

1) USB Port

The USB port allows you to share your files stored in the USB mass storage device plugged in.

Note: Please plug the external power of your USB mass storage devices before you connect them to the storage server.

LED

Light

Status

Description

Storage

Plugged USB mass storage device is ready for file server

Off

There is no plugged USB mass storage device

Slow

Flashing

Storage server is starting; or the used space of the USB mass storage is over 95%.

Fast

Flashing

The USB mass storage is full; or the storage server is restoring factory default settings; or some error happens.

LAN

LAN port is connected

Off

LAN port is unconnected

Flashing

Data is transferring through the network

WLAN

Wireless LAN is on and connected.

Off

Wireless LAN is disabled.

Flashing

Wireless LAN is enabled, but is not connected.

LAN LED

Storage LED WLAN LED

2-3 LED

On the top of the NS-1500n there are LEDs, which show the status of the NS-1500n. Below is the list of each LED and its description.

Chapter 3 Device Installation

This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start using the NS-1500n

1. Plug your USB hard disk to the USB port of the NS-1500n. If your USB hard disk has

external power adapter, please make sure that the external power adapter is plugged and is supplying power to your USB hard disk.

2. Connect the NS-1500n to your network as shown in the setup diagram below.

3. Plug the power adaptor to the NS-1500n as shown in the setup diagram below.

4. When the Storage LED is steady lit, the NS-1500n is ready.

5. There are two methods to setup the NS-1500n:

(1) Use the Windows-based Storage Server Management Wizard utility to do the basic setup; (2) Use the Web-based GUI to do the advanced setup, just go to the next step.

6. The default IP address of the NS-1500n is 192.168.2.5. The PC to setup the NS-1500n

should be in the same subnet as the NS-1500n. If the IP address of your PC is not in the range of 192.168.2.1~254, please modify the Windows IP address of your PC as following diagram. If you have used Windows-based Storage Server Wizard utility to setup the IP of the Storage Server, you can skip this step, because the IP of the Storage Server and your PC should be in the same subnet now.

Note: If you have to modify the Windows IP address of your PC, please remember the original Windows IP address settings of your PC. After you finished the whole quick setup procedure, you have to modify the Windows IP address settings of your PC back to the original values to make your PC work well.

7. Once the IP address of your PC is in the same subnet of the NS-1500n, enter the URL

of default IP address http://192.168.2.5 (default IP address of the NS-1500n) into your PC‟s web browser and press <enter>. If you have modified the IP of the NS-1500n by some way, for example, by using the Windows-based Storage Server Wizard utility, please use the new IP of the NS-1500n.

8. The login screen below will appear. Enter the “User Name” and “Password” and

then click <OK> to login.

Note: By default the user name is “admin” and the password is “1234”.

When you see the screen below, you are ready to setup the storage server.

Parameter

Description

System Time

Current system time.

MAC Address

The MAC address of this storage server.

Firmware Version

The version of storage server firmware.

Server Name

The name of this storage server. This is the file server name that shows in My Network Places on client computer.

Workgroup

The My Network Places group this file server will join.

Description

The description of this storage server.

IP Address

The IP address used by this storage server in your network.

Subnet Mask

The IP Subnet Mask of your LAN segment.

Gateway

The gateway IP address of your network.

Wireless Function

It shows if the wireless function is enabled.

Chapter 4 Status

4-1 Status

This page displays the status and basic information of the NS-1500n.

Status

The status of wireless connection

Mode

The wireless connection mode.

SSID

The SSID of wireless network.

Channel

The channel number of wireless network.

Security

The security type of wireless connection.

BSSID

The BSSID of the wireless interface.

Parameter

Description

Type

Logs are categorized into several types. Please select a suitable type of log that you want to check.

Key Words

You can enter key words here and click “Search” to let the system searches all log information that contain the key words.

Save

Click “Save” to download and save the log information into your PC.

Clear

Click “Clear” to clear the log information of the selected type.

|<<

Move to the first page of log.

Move to the previous page of log.

Move to the next page of log.

>>|

Move to the last page of log.

4-2 Log

This page displays the log information of the Storage Server.

Parameter

Description

E-mail Notification

Function

Select to enable/disable E-mail Notification Function.

Primary E-mail

The e-mail address of the e-mail box that will receive notification e-mail messages.

Secondary E-mail

The e-mail address of the e-mail box that will receive notification e-mail messages.

SMTP Server

The address of the SMTP Server that the storage server will use to send notification e-mail messages. You should refer to your email service provider for the correct address.

SMTP Port

The port number of the SMTP Server that the storage server will use to send notification e-mail messages. You should refer to your e-mail service provider for the correct port number.

Secure Connection

(SSL) is required

Select it if your e-mail service provider requires it.

Authentication

Required

Select it and fill in the login information below if your e-mail service provider requires you to provide user name and password when using the e-mail service.

Username

The user name required by SMTP server.

4-3 Notification

This page lets you to setup e-mail account that the storage server will use to send notification e-mail to you when the status of the storage server changes. You can assign two e-mail addresses (primary and secondary) for notification. Both e-mail boxes will receive the notification messages.

Password

The password required by SMTP server.

Confirm Password

The password required by SMTP server. It should be the same with the password above.

E-mail Subject

The subject of the e-mail notification messages sent by the storage server.

E-mail Language

The language of the content of the e-mail notification messages sent by the storage server.

Send a test

message

Click this button and the storage will send a test e-mail notification message to the provided e-mail boxes. If you receive the test e-mail notification message, it means your e-mail notification settings are correct.

E-mail Notification

Events

Select types of notifications that you want the storage server send to you by e-mail.

Chapter 5 Quick Setup

Quick Setup will guide you through the basic settings of the storage server step by step. When you click “Quick Setup” in the left menu, a Quick Setup window will pop up.

Note: If this is the first time the USB mass storage device is used in the storage server, the storage server will automatically erase old partitions and data in the USB mass storage device and re-create partition and format the USB mass storage device. Please make sure original valuable data in the USB mass storage device is backed up before doing Quick Setup.

5-1 Build Disk (Partition & Format)

If this is the first time that the hard disk drive is used in this Storage Server, select “AutoBuild Disks & Create Shared Folders”. If the hard disk drive was used in the Storage

Server before and you want to keep the data in the hard disk drive, select “Leave Disks Unchanged”. If the hard disk drive was used in the Storage Server before and you want to

erase all data and rebuild the disk, select “Clear & Rebuild All Disks”.

Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.

Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect. If you select “Auto-Build Disks & Create Shared Folders” or “Clear & Rebuild All Disks”, the data in the hard disk drive will be ERASED. The following page let you to confirm it or abort the erasing operation. If you want to let the Storage Server build disk for you, please select the file system format to build.

Note: If you will move the USB hard disk to a Windows PC, you should select FAT32 as file system format. But FAT32 file system has a limitation that the max size of each file is 4GB. If the USB hard disk is dedicate for the Storage Server and will not be moved to a Windows PC, EXT2 file system format is recommended, because it does not have 4GB file size limitation.

Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup. Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect.

5-2 Password

Enter the new password of storage server. A valid password should consist of 0~30 alphanumeric characters. The “New Password” and the “Confirm Password” should be the same.

5-3 Network

Setup the IP address and DNS address of the storage server. You can manually assign IP address or let the storage server to obtain IP address from DHCP server automatically.

5-4 Storage Server Name

Assign a name to the storage server. A valid storage server name consists of 4~15 case sensitive alphanumeric and underline characters.

5-5 Turn on Functions

Select functions that you want to turn on.

5-6 Time Zone

Select the time zone of your location. During this configuration, the storage server will synchronize its time with your computer and remember it. After this configuration, the storage server will also automatically try to synchronize its time with public time server in Internet every time when it restarts.

5-7 Confirm Settings

List the setting values of Quick Setup for your confirmation.

Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Apply” to make all the settings of Quick Setup take effect. Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect.

5-8 Apply Settings

After you click “Apply” in the confirmation page, the following page will display and the Quick Setup will start to apply the settings to the storage server. It will take several minutes to apply the settings.

After the Quick Setup settings values are applied, the storage server will restart and the following page will display. Please wait for a while.

Click “Finish” after the storage server restarts.

5-9 Shared Folders Automatically Created by Quick Setup

Quick Setup will automatically create some shared folders for you. The shared folder names and their usage are listed as follows:

 Public_USB1: You can access “Public_USB1” anonymously with reading and writing

privilege by FTP and Windows My Network Places (Samba). The absolute path in the

storage server of “Public_hdd1” is “[USB1]C:\Public\”.

 Media: The folder “Media” is located under the “Public_USB1” folder, so the folder

“Media” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network Places

(Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The media files in “Media” folder can be

accessed by iTunes and DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox

360…etc. The absolute path in the storage server of folder “Media” is

“[USB1]C:\Public\Media\”.

 Image: The folder “Image” is located under the “Public_USB1\Media” folder, so the

folder “Image” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network

Places (Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The image files in “Image” folder

can be accessed by DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox 360…etc.

The absolute path in the storage server of folder “Image” is

“[USB1]C:\Public\Media\Image\”.

 Music: The folder “Music” is located under the “Public_USB1\Music” folder, so the

folder “Music” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network

Places (Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The music files in “Music” folder

can be accessed by iTunes and DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox

360…etc. The absolute path in the storage server of folder “Music” is

“[USB1]C:\Public\Media\Music\”.

 Video: The folder “Video” is located under the “Public_USB1\Media” folder, so the

folder “video” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network

Places (Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The video files in “Video” folder can

be accessed by DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox 360…etc. The

absolute path in the storage server of folder “Video” is “[USB1]C:\Public\Media\Video\”.

Parameter

Description

Set Time Zone

Select the time zone of the country you are living. The storage server will set its time based on your selection.

Time Server

Address

You can manually assign time server address if the default time server does not work.

Chapter 6 Basic

The basic configurations include the Time Zone and Password setup pages.

6-1 Time Zone

The Time Zone allows this storage server to base its time on the settings configured here. This will affect functions such as update time of files stored in this storage server.

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.

Parameters

Description

Current

Password

Enter your current password.

New Password

Enter your new password.

Confirmed

Password

Enter your new password again for verification purposes.

6-2 Password

You can change the password required to log into the management GUI of the storage server. By default, the password is “1234”. Please change the password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. Password can contain 0 to 30 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive.

Note: If you forget your password, you have to reset the storage server to the factory default (password is “1234”) with the “Release” and ”Copy” buttons (see front panel of the storage server).

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.

Parameters

Description

Obtain an IP

address

automatically

DHCP server is used to manage the IP address of a network. If you have a live DHCP server in your network and wish this storage server get IP address from your DHCP server, please select “Obtain an IP address automatically”.

Note: According to the settings of you DHCP server, the IP address obtained from your DHCP server may change by time.

Use the following IP

address

If you want to manually assign an IP address to this storage server, please select “Use the following IP address” and assign IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address to the storage server here.

IP Address

The IP address used by this storage server in your network.

Subnet Mask

The IP Subnet Mask of your LAN segment.

Gateway Address

The gateway IP address of your network. Normally, it is the LAN IP address of the router you are using to access the Internet.

DNS address

Fill in the IP address of a live DNS server.

Chapter 7 Network

The Network configurations include LAN and WLAN settings.

7-1 LAN

The LAN configurations include the IP address and DNS settings. A Domain Name System (DNS) server is like an index of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you type a Web address into your browser, such as www.router.com, a DNS server will find that name in its index and reply the matching IP address.

Secondary/Third

DNS Address

(optional)

This is optional. You can enter another DNS server‟s IP address as a backup. The secondary/third DNS will be used when the above DNS server fails.

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.

Parameters

Description

Wireless Function

You can select “Auto”, Enable” or “Disable” to Enable/disable the wireless function.

Auto – “Auto” is the default setting of the Storage Server. At this mode, the Storage Server will automatically decide to enable or disable the wireless function. When the Storage Server starts up, it will auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to an active network by an Ethernet cable. If this is the case, the Storage Server will run in Ethernet mode. If the Storage Server is not connected to an active network by Ethernet cable, the Storage Server will run in wireless LAN mode. Users can plug the Ethernet cable to the Storage Server at the first, after configuring the Storage Server features and wireless settings; they can unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the wireless connection. It makes the configuration much easier without creating the wireless connection in advance. Note: After you have set the wireless function, please remove the Ethernet cable and then re-plug the power jack of the Storage Server to activate the wireless connection.

Enable – Enable wireless function only, the Storage Server‟s wireless LAN will be always enabled and Ethernet will be always disabled.

Disable – Disable the wireless function, the Storage Server‟s wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always

7-2 WLAN

The WLAN configurations make the storage server connect to a wireless network through an access point or peer to peer connection. You can protect your wireless network by WEP or WPA security.

enabled.

Mode

If you use any access point to build up wireless network, you have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do not have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection to build up wireless network, you have to select “Ad-Hoc Mode”.

ESSID

You can use “Site Survey” function to let the Storage Server scan for an available access point or peer-to-peer network automatically or manually assign the ESSID (or SSID) of the access point or peer-to-peer network you want to use.

Channel

In Ad-Hoc Mode, you have to assign the channel number used by the peer-to-peer network.

Site Survey

Click “Site Survey” button to select an available access point or peer-to-peer network nearby. Please refer to the following Site Survey section for details.

Security Settings

If your wireless network is not protected by encryption, you can select “Disable”. If your wireless network is protected by encryption, you can select “WEP” or “WPA pre-shared key” according to your network configurations. Please refer to the following Security Settings section for details.

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.

7-3 Site Survey

The site survey table will list the available access points and peer-to-peer networks near the Storage Server. Select an access point or peer-to-peer network in the list and click

“Done”. If you cannot find the access point or peer-to-peer network that you want to use, click “Refresh” to let the Storage Server scan again.

Parameters

Description

Key Length

You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length for the encryption key. Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth communication performance.

Key Format

If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex values or 5-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For example: “0123456aef” or “Guest”.

If the key length is 128-bit, enter 26-digit Hex values or 13-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“.

Default Tx Key

You can select one of the following 4 keys as the default Tx key.

Key 1 to Key 4

Enter four key values by following the key format rules above.

7-4 Security – WEP

Parameters

Description

WPA (TKIP)

TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much stronger security than the standard WEP security.

WPA2 (AES)

AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network.

Pre-shared Key

Format

You can select to enter 64-digit Hex value as pre-shared key or enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the pre-shared key for the authentication within the wireless network.

Pre-shared Key

Enter the value of the pre-shared key according to the format you selected above.

7-5 Security – WPA Pre-Shared Key

7-6 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)

Before using WPS function to let your storage server get wireless LAN settings from the access point of your wireless network, you have to make sure that your access point has WPS function enabled and is in “Registrar” mode and pincode for WPS is not required. After starting WPS session on your access point, you have to finish WPS setting before session time out. You have to click “Start PBC” button of your storage server to let the storage server get wireless LAN settings from your access point.

After clicking “Start PBC” button on the storage server, the “Start PBC” button will disappear and it will start to count down. It will try to use WPS to get wireless LAN settings within 120 seconds.

After counting down finished, the “Start PBC” button will appear again. The wireless LAN settings will become the current values of your wireless LAN.

Parameters

Description

Add

Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add a New User page to add a new user for File/FTP server.

Edit

You can select any user in Users list and click “Edit” to modify her/his profile.

Delete Selected

You can click “Delete Selected” to delete the selected users in Users list.

Delete All

You can click “Delete All” to delete all the users in Users list.

Reset

You can click “Reset” to reset selection in Users list.

Chapter 8 File/FTP Server

The File/FTP server configurations include the Users, Groups, Server Settings, Shared Folder and Easy Send setup pages.

8-1 Users

Users setup is used to add/edit users of File/FTP server.

Parameters

Description

User Name

The name of this user. The allowed characters are „a-z‟, „A-Z‟, „0-9‟ and „_‟.

Note: The user name should be unique and should not be the same with any other user name and group name.

Description

The description of this user.

Password

The password of this user

Confirm

password

Re-type the password of this user for confirmation.

E-mail Address

The e-mail address of this user. The storage server will send some messages to this user by e-mail if necessary.

8-2 Add a New User

Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.

Note: The max number of users supported in File/FTP server is 32

Parameters

Description

Add

Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add a New Group page to add a new group for File/FTP server.

Edit

You can select any group in Groups list and click “Edit” to modify its profile.

Delete Selected

You can click “Delete Selected” to delete the selected groups in Groups list.

Delete All

You can click “Delete All” to delete all the groups in Groups list.

Reset

You can click “Reset” to reset selection in Groups list.

8-3 Groups

Groups setup is used to add/edit groups of File/FTP server. You can add one or more users to a group.

Parameters

Description

Group Name

The name of this group. The allowed characters are „a-z‟, „A-Z‟, „0-9‟ and „_‟.

Note: The first character of group name should be „a-z‟ or „A-Z‟. Note: The group name should be unique and should not be the

same with any other user name and group name.

Description

The description of this group.

Select Authorized

Users

Select the users that you want to add to this group by selecting the check on the right.

8-4 Add a New Group

Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.

Note: The max number of groups supported in File/FTP server is 12

My Network Places

Parameters

Description

Name

The file server name that shows in My Network Places on client computers.

Workgroup

The My Network Places group this file server will join.

Description

A brief description of this file server. This string will be shown at the detailed information field of My Network Places.

FTP Settings

Parameters

Description

Max Users

Set the maximum concurrent users for the FTP server.

Idle Time

Set the time that FTP server will wait before disconnecting a FTP client when it is inactive.

FTP Client

Language

(Encoding)

Select a language (or encoding) used by the FTP clients. If the encodings of FTP client and server are different, the file transfer will fail when there is any double byte word in the folder name or file name.

Security

(SSL/TLS)

A secured FTP connection can be protected by SSL/TLS encryption. If you select “No”, all FTP connections are not protected. If you select “Only allow FTP clients with SSL/TLS”, then only protected FTP connection is allowed. Any client cannot create FTP

8-5 Server Settings

This storage server supports CIFS (Samba) and FTP protocols. Samba lets you share files stored in the storage server via My Network Places. FTP lets you share files stored in the storage server through Internet.

Note: The maximum file size of a single file is 2GB if the partition type is FAT16; the maximum file size is 4GB if the partition type is FAT32 or NTFS; the file size can be larger than 4GB if the partition type is EXT2 or EXT3.

connection without SSL/TLS protection. If you select “Allow FTP clients with or without SSL/TLS”, then the FTP server will receive connection from clients in both ways.

Click <Save> to save the configurations.

Parameters

Description

Add

Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add/Edit Shared Folder page to add a new shared folder.

Edit

You can select any shared folder in Shared Folders list and click “Edit” to modify its setting.

Delete All

You can click “Delete All” to delete all the shared folders in Shared Folders list.

Delete Selected

You can click “Delete Selected” to delete the selected shared folders in Shared Folders list.

Reset

You can click “Reset” to reset selection in Shared Folders list.

New Storage

Default Sharing

Policy

You can set a default sharing policy (Read & Write, Read Only or Not to Share) to any USB storage which doesn‟t have any shared folder yet. The whole disk of the new storage will be shared. All users (including anonymous user) have the same privilege to access the new storage.

8-6 Shared Folders

You can add/edit shared folders settings here. The shared folders can be shared by FTP and My Network Places.

Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.

Note: The max number of shared folders supported in the storage server is 100

Parameters

Description

Folder Name

The name for shared folder that shows in My Network Places on client computer.

Shared Folder‟s

Path

Click on “Browse” to select the folder to be shared. If you select “Share all folders in storage”, the storage server will create a share item for each partition of all currently attached storages. The share name of each share item consists of three parts, assigned folder name, disk name and partition name, and the three parts are separated by “_”. The disk name is USB1. For example, if you add a shared folder by assigning “All” as the folder name and select “Share all folders in storage”, and now you have one USB hard disk drive with 3 partitions attached on USB port. Then after you create the shared folder, there will be 3 share items created with the name of “All_USB1_C”, “All_USB1_D”, “All_USB1_E”.

Users/Groups

You can assign access privilege of the shared folder to all users and groups here. There are three users/groups lists. The left list contains all users and groups that have not been assigned privilege on this shared folder. The upper right list contains all users and groups that only have read privilege on this shared folder. The lower right list contains all users and groups that have read and write privileges on this shared folder. If you assign “Read Only” or “Read & Write” privilege to “anonymous”, then all users can access this folder without password.

Description

The comments or descriptions for this share folder.

Shared to

You can select to share the folder via My Network Places and/or

8-7 Add/Edit Shared Folder

FTP.

Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations..

8-8 Browse Dialog

When you click the “Browse” button, you can see the following popup screen that shows all the attached USB mass storage devices. Please select a storage device from left panel, the right bottom panel will show the folders in this storage device. Choose the folder you

want to share, and click “Submit” to share the selected folder. You can also click “New Folder” to create a new share folder.

Note: Only the folders in the storage devices will be shown as icons in Browse Dialog, because the unit of sharing policy is restricted to folders, not files.

Parameters

Description

Life cycle of sent

file

You can assign the life cycle (in days) of the sent file. Every sent file will be deleted after the end of its life cycle and the storage space used by the deleted file is freed.

Internet address

of this Storage

Server

You have to provide a valid Internet address of this Storage Server for recipients to download files from the Internet. If the storage server is directly connected to Internet, then the LAN IP address is the public IP address that your Internet service provider assigns to you. If the storage server is connected to Internet through an IP sharing router, then the WAN address of the IP sharing router is the Internet address of this storage server and you also have to setup the IP sharing router to forward FTP traffic to this storage server. If your Internet service provider assigns fixed public IP to you, then you can use the fixed public IP address as the Internet address of this storage server. If your Internet service provider assigns dynamic public IP to you, your public IP address will change frequently. You should use DDNS service to map a fixed domain name address to the dynamic public IP, and use this fixed domain name address as the Internet address of this storage server. If you leave this field blank, than the storage server will use your current LAN IP address as Internet address of this storage server.

Enable storage

space limitation

Check this if you want to limit the storage space used by Easy Send. You also have to assign the storage space limitation for the whole

8-9 Easy Send

Easy Send let you easily send files to everyone including person without a user account of the storage server. Every time when you send a file, the storage server will automatically generate a randomly encoded download address (in text, like a URL) of the file for you. You can send the download address to the recipients by e-mail, messengers and other ways. Every recipient who has this download address can download the file without a user account of the storage server. Because every download address is composed of a randomly encoded long text string, so hackers are very difficult to guess it right.

Easy Send system and the storage space limitation for each Easy Send user. Easy Send will refuse to send new files for you if the total size of your sent files reaches the limitation.

Easy Send

History

Easy Send History list information of all sent files.

Detail

Click this button to read the details of sent file. It also contains the links to download the sent files from both LAN and Internet.

|<<

Move to the first page of Easy Send History.

Move to the previous page of Easy Send History.

Move to the next page of Easy Send History.

>>|

Move to the last page of Easy Send History.

Move to the page according to the assigned page number.

Delete Selected

Delete selected sent files and free the storage space used by them.

Delete Selected

Delete all sent files and free the storage space used by them.

Parameters

Description

BT Download

Function

You can enable or disable BT Download Function here.

Advanced

Setting

Click this button and Advanced Setting page will show.

Add Torrent

Click this button to add a new torrent (files with .torrent extension) file, and the storage server will start to download the files. You‟ll be prompted to provide the location of .torrent file (See the detailed descriptions below)

Refresh

Click this button to get latest status of BT Download.

Pause

Select one or more downloading BT items in the list, and click this button to pause them.

Resume

Select one or more suspended BT items in the list, and click this button to resume downloading.

Remove All

Remove all BT items from the list.

Remove

Selected

Remove selected BT items from the list.

Reset

Deselect all selected BT items in the list.

Chapter 9 BT Download

This storage server supports BT (stands for BitTorrent) peer-to-peer file download function. You can let this storage server download files via BitTorrent protocol without switching your computer on. You can also see all downloading BT items here. Please make sure the storage server has enough remaining storage space to save the download files. Except for this Web GUI, you also can use the Windows-based Download Manager utility to manage the download items.

Note: Due to the download mechanism used by BitTorrent, it‟s not recommended to use USB flash disks to save the files you wish to download.

Click <Save> button to save the configurations.

Note: The max number of BT download items is 32

Parameters

Description

Torrent Location

Please specify the location of .torrent file. You can provide the Internet URL of a .torrent file (for example:

http://www.torrentfile.com/files/movie.torrent), upload a .torrent file

from your PC, or browse and select a .torrent file stored in the storage server. If you select “Internet Address”, please fill the URL address of torrent file, or you can just copy the URL address of torrent file from web browser; If you select “PC” or “This File Server”, click “Browse” and a file browsing window will popup, and you can select the torrent file in your PC or the storage server.

Assign a folder

on this file

server to save

the files

Please click „Browse‟ button and a file browsing window will popup. Please specify the folder you wish to save downloaded files. (You can create a new folder by clicking “New Folder” button in file browsing window).

Priority

Please assign a priority level to this BT download item. Available options are „VIP‟, „High‟, and „Low‟. The priority will affect the order of BT download. For example, if you set the maximum active BT download item number to be 5 in the Advanced Setting page, only 5 active BT Download items can be downloaded at the same time. If you have more than 5 BT Download items, every BT Download item with lower priority will be downloaded only when no more than 4 higher priority active BT download items are downloading.

9-1 Add BT Torrent

After you click „Add Torrent‟ button, you‟ll be prompted to provide the location of a torrent file and the folder to save the downloaded files.

Add

Click this button to add the BT Download job to the list.

Reset

Reset all fields in this page to default value.

Cancel

Cancel adding a new BT Download job and return to previous page.

Parameters

Description

Listening ports

used for

incoming

TCP/UDP

connection

The port range BT listening to during downloading. If you are using a NAT router to access the Internet, let the router forwarding these ports to the IP of storage server. It will increase the BT download speed.

Maximum

download rate

per torrent

The maximum download rate per torrent in Kbytes per second. Enter “0” if you do not want to limit the download speed of BT.

Maximum

upload rate per

torrent

The maximum upload rate per torrent in Kbytes per second. Enter “0” if you do not want to limit the upload speed of BT.

Maximum

number of active

downloads

The maximum number of active torrents that can be downloaded at the same time. If you add more download items, some items have to wait in turn.

Maximum

concurrent

connection

number per

torrent

The maximum number of connections can be used to download a BT download item at the same time.

DHT network

Enable DHT network would let the BT have a chance to find more peers to download even when no tracker servers are available.

9-2 Advanced Setting

After you click “Advanced Setting” button, the BT Download Advanced Setting page will show. You can set the port number used by BT, bandwidth control, maximum active download number and enable/disable DHT here.

Parameters

Description

Web/FTP

Download

Function

You can enable or disable Web/FTP Download Function here. Click “Save” to apply changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made.

Internet Address

Please specify the URL of file you wish to download from Web or FTP server. For example: ftp://ftp.fileserver.com/files/download.zip or http://www.downloadfile.com/files/download.zip

URL Encoding

The URL encoding method of the download source Web/FTP server. The Web/FTP server will encode double-byte characters of URL. If the URL encoding method assigned is not the same with the Web/FTP server, download will fail.

Save As

Please specify the location you wish to save downloaded file. Click “Browse” button to select the folder you wish to save the file.

Chapter 10 Web/FTP Download

This storage server supports downloading file from Web and FTP server, so you can download large file from Web or FTP server without keeping your computer switched on. Except for this Web GUI, you also can use the Windows-based Download Manager utility to manage the download items.

Note: Before a file can be downloaded and saved, please make sure the free space of the storage is enough.

Note: Only 5 active Web/FTP Download items can be downloaded at the same time. If you have more than 5 Web/FTP Download items, some items have to wait in turn.

User Name

This field is optional. Please input the server‟s username here if the server requires it.

Password

This field is optional. Please input the server‟s password here if the server requires it.

Add

Click this button to add the download job above to the download list and start downloading.

Reset

Reset all fields in this page to default value.

Refresh

Click this button to get latest status of Web or FTP download.

Pause

Select one or more downloading items in the list, and click this button to pause them.

Resume

Select one or more paused items in the list, and click this button to resume downloading.

Remove All

Remove all items from the list.

Remove

Selected

Remove selected item from the list.

Reset

Deselect all selected items in the list.

Note: The max number of Web/FTP download items is 32.

Chapter 11 Download Manager

If you have installed the Storage Server Wizard utility, the Download Manager will also be installed. (For the details of Installation, please refer to Quick Installation Guide) The Windows-based Download Manager utility can automatically search for storage servers and let you manage the web/FTP/BT download items.

11-1 Start Download Manager

You can select “Start  All Programs  Storage Server  Download Manager” to start Download Manager.

11-2 Search for Storage Server

When starting, the Download Manager will scan your network for all available storage servers and list them to you. If you do not see the storage server, please check the network connectivity and click “Rescan”. Select the storage server in the list and click “Connect” to login the storage server. You also can click “Enter the address manually” if you know the address of the storage server.

Parameters

Description

Address

If you select a storage server from the list in the previous step, then this is the address of the selected storage server and you cannot modify it. If you click “Enter the address manually” in the previous step, then you have to assign the address of the storage server here.

User Name

Enter your login account for the storage server.

Password

Enter your password for the storage server.

Remember the address of this

Storage Server

If you check it, Download Manager will remember the address of the storage server. Every time when you start Download Manager, the address of this storage server will be listed in the server list for selection, even when the storage server does not exist in your network during the scanning.

Remember me

on this computer

If you check it, Download Manager will remember your account for the storage server. Every time when you enter this login window, your account will be in the User Name list for selection.

Remember my

password

If you check it, Download Manager will remember your password for the storage server. Every time when you enter this login window and use the same user name for login, Download Manager will automatically fill your password.

Automatically

If you check it, Download Manager will remember your account and password for this storage server. Every time when you start Download Manager, it will directly login. This login window will not display.

Select another

Storage Server

Go to the previous step to scan for available storage server and select a storage server again.

11-3 Login Storage Server

The Download Manager will prompt you for the login information of the storage server for connecting to the storage server.

11-4 Manage Download Items

After you login, the main window of Download Manager will pop up as following picture. There are two major parts in the window. The BT Download part is to manage the download items of BT, the Web/FTP Download part is to manage the download items of Web/FTP. All BT download items are listed in the BT Download list and all Web/FTP download items are listed in the Web/FTP Download list. The Download Manager will automatically refresh both lists every 60 seconds.

Through Download Manager, you can click “Add” to add a download item, or click “Remove” to remove a download item. Every stopped download item has a “Resume” button and you can resume that stopped download item by clicking the “Resume” button; Every non-stopped download item has a “Pause” button and you can stop that download item by clicking the “Pause” button. For every BT download item, there is also a “Priority” combo box. You can adjust the priority of BT download items by re-selecting the priority for each BT download item.

The status of each download item is displayed by foreground and background color as the following picture. All download items with error or pause state are in gray background color; other download items are displayed with white background color. All trying or downloading items are displayed with blue words; all waiting items are displayed with red words; all finished items are displayed with green words.

11-5 Add a Download Item

When you click “Add” button of BT Download, the following window will pop up. You can assign a torrent of BT download item here. You can upload a torrent file from your PC or just enter the Internet address (URL) of the torrent file. If you provide an Internet address of the torrent file, the storage server will download the torrent file from the Internet address first and then download the files you want according the content of the downloaded torrent file. You also have to assign the path of a folder on the storage server to save the downloaded files and the priority of the download item.

When you click “Add” button of Web/FTP Download, the following window will pop up. You have to assign an Internet address of the file. You also have to assign the path of a folder on the storage server to save the downloaded file. If the server requires you user name and password during download, you also have to assign them.

If you are using Microsoft IE to surf the Internet and find a link of an interesting file that you want to download, you can click the right button of your mouse on the link and the following menu will pop up.

Select “Download with Download Manager”, then the download job will be added to Download Manager automatically and the downloaded files will be saved in default path on the storage server.

If you double click a torrent file in Windows Explorer (try to open a torrent file), then the download job with added to Download Manager automatically and the downloaded files will be saved in default path on the storage server.

If the download job cannot be added to the Download Manager immediately when you are adding a download job from IE or Windows Explorer, this may due to the storage server or the Download Manager are busy, the following window will pop up.

This window will keep displaying before the download job is successfully added into Download Manager. You can click “Cancel” in this window to abort adding it to the Download Manager. After the download job is added to the Download Manager, this window will disappear automatically.

11-6 Main Menu

There are “Operation” and “Settings” menu in the main window of Download Manager.

You can select “Operation  Refresh Download List” to let Download Manager refresh both download lists. If you select “Operation  Log Out”, the Download Manager will disconnect current storage server and the following Select Server window will pop up. You can scan and connect to the other storage server here.

If you select “Operation  Exit”, the Download Manager will completely exit and both the main window and the tray icon of Download Manager will disappear.

You can enable/disable BT Download function or enable/disable Web/FTP Download function by selecting the corresponding item in the “Settings” menu.

If you select “Settings  Setting”, the following window will pop up to let you decide if you want Download Manager automatically log in when it starts up.

11-7 Tray Icon

After you login the storage server, the tray icon of Download Manager will display as follows.

When you close the main window of Download Manager as the following picture, the Download Manager is still executing in the background and the tray icon of Download Manager is still displaying.

When you double click the tray icon of Download Manager or click the right button of your mouse on the tray icon and select “Show Window” in the pop-up menu, the main window of Download Manager will display again.

If you click the right button of your mouse on the tray icon and select “Exit” in the pop-up menu, the Download Manager will completely exit and both the main window and the tray icon of Download Manager will disappear.

You can enable/disable BT Download function or enable/disable Web/FTP Download function by clicking the right button of your mouse on the tray icon and select the corresponding item in the pop-up menu.

Parameters

Description

iTunes Server

You can enable or disable iTunes Server here. Click “Save” to keep changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made.

Server name

Please assign a name to iTunes server. All iTunes clients will need this name to locate this iTunes server. The length of a valid server name is from 4 to 20 characters. It is case sensitive.

Media folder

Please specify the folder where the media files are stored, and all media files inside the folder you specified here will be shared to all iTunes clients. You can click „Open‟ button to select the folder on the attached storage device.

Advanced

Setting

Click this button to modify advanced settings for this iTunes server. Detailed instructions are listed below.

Refresh

Click this button to get latest status and user list of iTunes Server.

Chapter 12 iTunes Server

iTunes is a popular and powerful multimedia player, and supports streaming media. If you have media files supported by iTunes, you can share these file by iTunes server and let other computers or iTunes-compatible media players play these media files online.

After you click “Advanced Setting”, you‟ll be prompted to configure the advanced settings of this iTunes server:

Parameters

Description

Protect by

password

You can protect this iTunes server by password, so only iTunes clients who know this password will be able to share media files.

By selecting “Disable”, everyone in your network will be able to access your media files, and if too many users are accessing the media files at the same time, iTunes server may respond slower or even stop responding. It‟s recommended to select “Enable” to protect your iTunes server by password if you want to prevent non-privileged people from using your media files.

Password

If password protection is enabled, please specify the password of iTunes server here.

Confirm

Password

Please confirm the password of iTunes server here.

Rescan interval

Please specify the time interval in second between two iTunes server scans. The iTunes server periodically scan media folder for newly added files. The valid rescan interval is from 30 to 65535 seconds. You can also click “Rescan” button to start a scan immediately. The required scan time varies depend on the number of media files. It may take several minutes to finish.

It‟s recommended to use default value (300) to prevent iTunes server from rescanning too frequently. A short rescan interval will make iTunes server respond slower.

Process m3u

If the folder where media files are located includes any m3u (playlist) file, iTunes server will read it and generate proper playlist for iTunes clients.

Playlist

If you have a playlist file, you can upload it from PC or select it from an attached storage device (by selecting “File Server”). You can click “Open” to choose playlist file from your PC or attached storage device.

Back

If you want to discard all settings listed in this page, click this button to return to previous page.

Save

Click this button to save all settings in this page. You‟ll be prompted to restart the iTunes server, so all changes you made in this page will take effect after restarting.

Reset

Reset all fields in this page to default value.

Parameters

Description

Media Server

You can enable or disable media server function here. Click “Save” to keep changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made.

Server Name

Please specify the name of media server here. Media players need this name to locate this media server.

Rescan Interval

Please specify the time interval in second between two media server scans. The media server periodically scan media folder for newly added files. The valid rescan interval is 0 or from 30 to 65535 seconds. 0 rescan interval means NO AUTO RESCAN. You can also click “Rescan” button to start a scan immediately. The required scan time varies depend on the number of media files. It may take several minutes to finish.

It‟s recommended to use the value larger than 300 to prevent media server from rescanning too frequently. A short rescan interval will make media server respond slower.

Save

Click this button to save general settings of media server.

Add

Click this button to add a new folder to store shared media files. You‟ll be prompted to select a folder on the attached storage device.

Remove Select

Remove selected folder from the list.

Remove All

Remove all folders from the list.

Reset

Deselect all selected folders in the list.

Chapter 13 Media Server

The media server of this storage server allows you to share your media files to DLNA compliant media adapters and players through network.

Note: The max number of shared folders supported in Media Server is 12.

Parameters

Description

Enable/Disable

Surveillance

Select Enable or Disable and click “Save”.

Add IP Camera

Click “Add IP Camera” and a wizard will guide through the procedure of setting the IP camera. Please refer to the section “Add/Edit IP Camera” for details.

Refresh

Click “Refresh” to refresh the status of surveillance.

Manual

Recording

Click to manually start recording. Click to manually stop recording.

Detail

Click “Detail” to get the detail settings and status of the IP camera.

Edit

Click “Edit” to modify the settings of IP camera. Please refer to the section “Add/Edit IP Camera” for details.

Delete Selected

Click “Delete Selected” to delete selected IP camera from the Surveillance List.

Delete All

Click “Delete All” to delete all IP cameras from the Surveillance List.

Reset

Click “Reset” to reset your selection in the Surveillance List.

Chapter 14 Surveillance

Surveillance let you record live video from IP camera. You can schedule the recording or record live video manually.

14-1 Add/Edit IP Camera

A wizard will step by step guide you through all the settings of IP camera.

You can click “Search Local IP Cameras” to search your local network for all IP cameras and select the IP camera to add in the list. You can click “Add Manually” if you have already known the address of the IP camera.

14-2 Search Local IP Cameras

The Local IP Camera List has all available IP cameras in your network. Click “Add” of the IP camera you want to add.

Parameters

Description

IP Camera

Name

Assign a name for the IP camera.

IP Camera

Model

Select the model of IP camera from the list.

Address

Address of IP camera.

Port

Port number of IP camera.

The login user name of the IP camera.

Password

The login password of the IP camera.

Test Camera

Click “Test Camera”. Surveillance will try to capture a snapshot from the IP camera. When the snapshot of the IP camera is showed in the window above this button, it means your settings are correct.

14-3 Basic Information of IP Camera

You can edit basic information of IP camera in the first step and click “Next” to move to the next step of setting.

Parameters

Description

Video Format

Select the video format of IP camera.

Frame Rate

Assign the speed (frames per second) of the recording.

Video

Resolution

Provide the width and height (in pixels) of the IP camera resolution.

14-4 Video Information of IP Camera

You can edit video information of IP camera and click “Next” to move to the next step of setting.

Parameters

Description

Storage Path

Click “Browse” to select the folder to store the recorded video of IP camera.

Max Storage

Size

Assign the maximum size (in mega bytes) of storage space used to record the video of the IP camera.

Max File Size

Assign the maximum size (in mega bytes) of recorded video file of the IP camera. Every time when the video file size reaches the limitation, Surveillance will create another video file to continue recording.

File Name Prefix

The prefix string of file name of each recorded video file.

Max Duration of

Each File

Assign the maximum duration (in minutes) of each recorded video file of the IP camera. Every time when the video file duration reaches the limitation, Surveillance will create another video file to continue recording.

Cyclic Recording

Check it to enable cyclic recording. In cyclic recording mode, when the used storage space of the recording has reached the limitation, Surveillance will delete the oldest video file and free storage space for new video file. Otherwise, Surveillance will stop recording of the IP camera.

14-5 Recording Settings

You can edit the settings of recording parameters and click “Next” to move to the next step of setting.

Parameters

Description

Enable schedule

of this IP

camera

Check this item to enable schedules below.

One-off task

You can select start time and end time of each one-off task.

Delete

Click “Delete” to delete the one-off task.

Add

Click “Add” to add more one-off tasks.

Weekly task

Click and then click the hour periods of a week to mark the recording time. You also can click and then click the hour periods

with green blocks to mark the idle time. You can click “All” button to mark the whole week. You can click the button of a day to mark the whole day. You can click the number of an hour to mark the hour time of every day.

14-6 Schedule Settings

You can setup the recording schedules in the final step of setting and click “Save” to save and apply the settings.

Parameters

Description

Check & Fix Disk

Click “Check & Fix Disk” to let the storage server check and fix the format of the file system of the storage devices. Please refer to the section “Check & Fix Disk” for details.

Auto Partition &

Format

By clicking this button, the system will partition and format the attached storage device automatically. Please refer to the section “Auto Partition & Format” for details.

Tool

You can format the attached storage device by this tool. The format may take several minutes to finish, depends on the size of the partition.

Note: The data originally stored in the partition will be erased after the format even you stop it before the job is finished.

Add a Partition

By clicking “Add” button, you can launch the “Add a Partition page” to add a new partition in the attached storage device.

Remove Selected

Partitions

You can click “Remove Selected Partitions” button to remove the selected partitions in the attached storage device.

Note: The data originally stored in the partitions will be erased after they are removed.

Remove All

Partitions

You can click “Remove All Partitions” to remove all the partitions in the attached storage device.

Chapter 15 Tools

The storage server provides several management tools, including Storage Tools, Storage Status, USB Copy, Config Tools, Firmware Upgrade and Reset.

15-1 Storage Tools

You can use the Storage Tools to manage the partition and format of the storage devices.

Note: When you use the Storage Tools to partition or format the hard disk drive, the system will stop all service first. So please make sure that you have finished all file transfer before using Storage Tools.

Note: The data originally stored in the partitions will be erased after they are removed.

Reset

You can click “Reset” to reset selection in partition list.

Parameters

Description

Select Partitions

Select all partitions you want to check.

Run Time

You can select “Now” to let the check start immediately. You also can select “Later” and assign a schedule time below.

Action

If you select “Check errors”, the storage server only checks for file system errors. The storage server will not fix the error and the data will not be modified. So it is a safe operation. If you select “Check errors and fix them”, the storage server will try to fix errors found in the file system. If there are too many errors in the file system and the storage server fails to fix all of them, some of your data may be lost.

Added Task

It shows the added check and fix task.

Delete the task

Click “Delete the task” to delete the check and fix task.

15-2 Check & Fix Disk

Check & Fix Disk can check and fix the file system error of the hard disk drive. Before start up, a warning window will pop-up to inform you that this action may damage your data. Click “OK” to continue.

Note: When the storage server is doing Check & Fix Disk for your hard disk drive, the hard disk drive is occupied. All the services of the storage server will be stopped.

You can select the partition and schedule a check and fix job here.

Apply

Click “Apply” to submit the check and fix task.

Report

Click “Report” to read the reports of check and fix tasks.

15-3 Auto Partition & Format

This function will build partition and format the attached storage device according to the following rules.

Note: The data originally stored in the attached storage device will completely disappear after you doing “Auto Partition & Format” even you stop it before the job is finished.

Note: It creates a single partition with the size of the whole USB mass storage device.

Note: During the process, user can click the “Stop” button to stop the job before it is

finished and back to Storage tools page to add or remove partition manually.

You can select “FAT32” or “EXT2” as format of the USB mass storage device. If you want to plug the USB mass storage device into a Windows PC later, please select “FAT32”. If the USB mass storage device is dedicated for the storage server and will not be plugged to other devices including PCs, please select “EXT2” to get better performance.

Parameters

Description

Size of the

Space

The total free space that can be assigned to this new partition.

New Partition

Size

You can assign the size of the new partition.

File System

The Storage Tools will format the new partition. You can select FAT16, FAT32, EXT2 or EXT3 format. The format may take several minutes to finish, depends on the size of the partition.

15-4 Add a Partition

You can create a new partition in the attached storage device and format it.

Note: The partition size of FAT16 file system should be less than 2GB; FAT32, EXT2 and EXT3 have no such limitation.

Parameters

Description

Unplug

You can click this button to unplug the external USB mass storage device. If the LED of the USB port is off, you can safely detach the USB mass storage from this storage server.

Partition

The partition name of the attached storage device.

Size

Total space of this partition.

Used

Total used space of this partition. Here shows the size in byte and the percentage of the total space.

Free

The remaining free space of the partition.

Status

The type of the partition. It can be FAT16, FAT32, NTFS or Linux.

Refresh

You can click this button to refresh the Storage Status.

15-5 Storage Status

This page shows the status of all attached storage devices.

Parameters

Description

Configuration

Tools

Use the "Backup Settings" tool to save the storage server‟s current configuration to a file named "config.bin" on your PC. You can then use the "Restore Settings" tool to restore the saved configuration to the storage server. Alternatively, you can use the "Restore to Factory Defaults" tool to force the storage server to perform a power reset and restore to original factory settings.

15-6 Configuration Tools

The Configuration Tools allow you to save (backup) the storage server‟s current settings. Saving the configuration provides an added protection and convenience when there‟re some problems with the storage server, and you have to reset to factory default to solve the problem. You can upload the saved configuration to the storage server through the Restore Settings tool. If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory Default tool, this will set all configurations to its original default settings (e.g. when you purchased the storage server)

Parameters

Description

Firmware Upgrade

This tool allows you to upgrade the storage server‟s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your storage server, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page. You can also click the browse button to locate the firmware file on your PC.

15-7 Firmware Upgrade

This page allows you to upgrade the storage server‟s firmware

Click “Next” to go to the upload firmware file page.

After you selected the new firmware file, click “Apply” at the bottom of the screen to start the upgrade process. (You may have to wait few minutes for the upgrade to complete). Once the upgrade is complete you can start using the storage server.

Warning: When upgrading firmware, be sure not to switch the computer off, or restart your computer, or break the network connection of your computer.

Parameters

Description

Reset

In the event that the system stops responding or stops functioning, you can perform a reset. Your settings will not be changed. To perform the reset, click on the “Reboot” button. You will be asked to confirm your decision. Once the reset process is complete you may start using the storage server.

15-8 Reset

You can reset the storage server‟s system when there‟s something wrong with the storage server. The reset function will reboot your storage server.

Chapter 16 Storage Server Management Wizard

Storage Server Management Wizard is a Windows client utility for the storage server. It step-by-step guides you through the setup of the storage server.

16-1 Login the Storage Server

Select “Start  All Programs  Storage Server  NetDisk Explorer” to execute NetDisk Explorer.

When the Storage Server Management Wizard starts, all Storage Servers in your local area network will be listed. Select the Storage Server you want to configure, and click

“Next”. If you do not find the Storage Server you want to configure, please check the

network connection, and then click “Rescan” to restart searching.

Type the password and click “Next” to login the Storage Server that you want to configure.

(The default password is “1234” if you never change it.

The window of Storage Server Management Wizard will show after you successfully login the storage server.

You can click “Quick Setup” to let the wizard step-by-step guide you through the basic setting of the storage server. You can click “Extension Functions” if you want to install or remove extension function packages of the storage server. You can click “Upgrade Firmware” if you want to upgrade the firmware of the storage server.

16-2 Quick Setup

Quick Setup is a wizard which can guide you through the procedure of formatting hard disk drive, network setup, user setup and application setup. After doing Quick Setup, you can start using the storage server. Please refer to “Quick Installation Guide” of the storage server for details.

16-3 Extension Functions

The storage server is providing total solution for the SOHO requirements. The provider of the storage server may provide new packages of extension functions for the storage in the future. You can install the packages of extension functions by the Storage Server Management Wizard.

16-4 Install Extension Function

After clicking “Extension Functions” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the following extension function management window will show. Click “Install Extension Function” to start installing a package of extension function. You can consult your provider of storage server for any available extension function and download the package for installation. The package of extension function is a file with “.ssi” extended file name.

Select the package file (.ssi file) of the extension function in your PC and then click “Open”.

In the pop-up window which shows the extension function name, click “Next” to confirm installation.

You have to wait for several minutes until the installation is completed.

When you see the following pop-up window showing the successful installation message, the installation is completed. Click “Next” to finish it.

The installed extension function will be listed in the installed program list as follows.

16-5 Remove Extension Function

You can remove installed extension function by Storage Server Management Wizard. After clicking “Extension Functions” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the following extension function management window will show. All installed extension functions will be listed in the installed program list. To remove an extension function, select the extension function to remove in the list and click “Uninstall”. To remove all extension functions, click “Uninstall All”.

A pop-up window will ask you if you want to uninstall the selected extension function. Click “Yes” to confirm the uninstallation.

Please wait for several minutes until the uninstallation is completed.

When you see the following pop-up window showing the successful uninstallation message, the uninstallation is completed. Click “Next” to finish it.

16-6 Upgrade Firmware

After clicking “Upgrade Firmware” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the following select firmware file window will show. You can consult your provider of storage server for any available new firmware. The firmware is a file with “.bin” extended file name. Select the firmware file (.bin file) and click “Open”.

Note: After upgrading firmware, the configuration of the storage server will be set to factory default values.

In the following pop-up message window, click “Next” to confirm the upgrade.

The upgrade will take several minutes. You SHOULD NOT turn off the power of the storage server during the upgrade. If you turn off the power of the storage server during upgrade firmware, the storage server may fail and you may not be able to start it successfully any more.

When the following window shows, the upgrade is completed successfully.

Chapter 17 NetDisk Explorer

NetDisk Explorer is a Windows client utility for the storage server. It provides a friendly user interface for you to upload or download files between your PC and the storage server. You can manage your file and folders on the storage server.

17-1 Login the Storage Server

Select “Start  All Programs  Edimax  NetDisk Explorer” to execute NetDisk Explorer.

All available storage servers in your local network will be listed in the pop-up window. Select your storage server and click “Connect”. If your storage server is not in the list, click “Rescan” to search again. If your storage server is not in your local network (for example, in the Internet) and you know the address of your storage server, you can click “Enter the address manually” to login the storage server.

Enter the User Name and Password of your account in the Login window. Click “Connect”

to login the storage server.

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